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This Week's Edition of the Global Food for Thought News Brief
About
The Global Food and Agriculture Program aims to inform the development of US policy on global agricultural development and food security by raising awareness and providing resources, information, and policy analysis to the US Administration, Congress, and interested experts and organizations.
The Global Food and Agriculture Program is housed within the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, an independent, nonpartisan organization that provides insight – and influences the public discourse – on critical global issues. The Council on Global Affairs convenes leading global voices and conducts independent research to bring clarity and offer solutions to challenges and opportunities across the globe. The Council is committed to engaging the public and raising global awareness of issues that transcend borders and transform how people, business, and governments engage the world.
Support for the Global Food and Agriculture Program is generously provided by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Blogroll
1,000 Days Blog, 1,000 Days
Africa Can End Poverty, World Bank
Agrilinks Blog
Bread Blog, Bread for the World
Can We Feed the World Blog, Agriculture for Impact
Concern Blogs, Concern Worldwide
Institute Insights, Bread for the World Institute
End Poverty in South Asia, World Bank
Global Development Blog, Center for Global Development
The Global Food Banking Network
Harvest 2050, Global Harvest Initiative
The Hunger and Undernutrition Blog, Humanitas Global Development
International Food Policy Research Institute News, IFPRI
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center Blog, CIMMYT
ONE Blog, ONE Campaign
One Acre Fund Blog, One Acre Fund
Overseas Development Institute Blog, Overseas Development Institute
Oxfam America Blog, Oxfam America
Preventing Postharvest Loss, ADM Institute
Sense & Sustainability Blog, Sense & Sustainability
WFP USA Blog, World Food Program USA
Archive
Uncharted Waters: Water Resources Are Increasingly Strained – US Leadership Must Respond
As water and nutrition security becomes further challenged, the United States must better coordinate agriculture, nutrition, and water development policy in order to adequately respond to increasing pressures.
Guest Commentary - Water Reuse in Agriculture: A Solution to Water Scarcity?
Growing populations, internal conflicts, trade wars, and digital and environmental changes all have a lasting impact on our day-to-day lives. Water is the center of much of the change and conflict.
Global Food for Thought: Special Report Edition
Happy World Water Day! Celebrate by checking out this News Brief Special Edition, all about our new report, From Scarcity to Security: Managing Water for a Nutritious Food Future.
Guest Commentary - Managing Risk and Building Resilience in Senegal
Equipped with this risk mitigation tool, smallholder farmers are more likely to invest in quality inputs that yield more and produce better-quality products demanded by buyers.
Guest Commentary - Saving Water with Three A’s and Three P’s
Getting more drought-tolerant crops to smallholders is difficult, but possible.
Uncharted Waters: From Chicago to Uganda, Clean Water is Key to Good Nutrition
Roger Thurow interviewed families from Chicago to Uganda, Guatemala to Uttar Pradesh and underscores the vital role of clean water to fight childhood malnutrition.
Guest Commentary - Gender Equality & Clean Water Access: A Two-Way Street
Arguably, nothing is more important than water; it affects every aspect of our lives. Yet, access to clean water remains one of the biggest challenges in many countries, particularly in Africa and Asia.
Guest Commentary - Putting Nutrition at the Center of Collective Action
Tackling malnutrition in all its forms requires coordinated action across a range of different sectors.
Global Food for Thought: Flight 302 | GAIN | Red Palm Weevil
Check out the latest buzz in food, agricultural, and global development.
Guest Commentary - Health-Boosting, Climate-Smart Crops Can Help Address Micronutrient Gaps
Climate change is already challenging efforts to nourish the planet. As a result, billions of people are likely to remain vulnerable to micronutrient deficiencies
Guest Commentary - Considering Gender in Irrigation: Technology Adoption for Women Farmers
With climate change driving changing rainfall patterns in many rural geographies, access to small-scale irrigation systems is becoming an increasingly important tool for reducing farm production risks and improving the well-being of small-scale farmers. But not all farmers are able to access the benefits these systems provide – women in particular, are often left out of the picture.
Guest Commentary - Sugar, Water and Women: India’s Changing Sugarcane Industry
Agriculture is the largest consumer of water in India, accounting for more than 80 percent of total consumption, and sugarcane is an incredibly thirsty crop. Sugarcane is also a labor-intensive crop and more than 60 percent of that work is done by women.
Uncharted Waters: The Gendered Burden of Water
Humans all need water for roughly the same things and in roughly the same amounts. And yet, water insecurity has profoundly disproportionate effects on women.
Global Food for Thought: North Korea | Swine Fever | WTO
Check out the latest buzz in food, agricultural, and global development.
Guest Commentary - Challenging Assumptions about Agriculture, Surface Water, and Antimicrobial Resistance
Despite our dependency, surface water resources can, in some instances, have a more insidious influence on our health, creating potential conduits for the movement of waterborne pathogens and antimicrobial resistance, crossing divergent landscapes and human, animal, and wildlife populations.